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- Publication date
- 1962
- Usage
- Public Domain
- Topics
- Drama, William Shatner
- Publisher
- Roger Corman Productions
- Item Size
- 1.8G
Shame also known as "I Hate Your Guts" "The Intruder" is a 1962 film directed by Roger Corman starring William Shatner as a racist mystery man sent to stir trouble in a southern town that is about to integrate its high school.
Roger Corman claims this is the only film of the over 300 he's produced to lose money.
Roger Corman claims this is the only film of the over 300 he's produced to lose money.
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- black & white
- Director
- Roger Corman
- Identifier
- shame_
- Run time
- 84 min
- Sound
- sound
- Year
- 1962
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Reviewer:
UNKNOWN614
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August 14, 2024
Subject: Shatner's early work it shows how easily people 'dumb masses'
Subject: Shatner's early work it shows how easily people 'dumb masses'
are so easily duped into monsters. Hitler's methods of mob hysteria turned ordinary folk whatever that means into psychotic beasts that attacked scapegoats
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to govt misrule of the Prussian republic. Ditto the race relations of US covering its ass with distractions. Look back on US history the same pattern continues today, different flavor, song, but SOS to placate the dumb masses too indifferent to do a little research and connect the dots. Why Jill and Johnny cant think or read; see Thomas Sowell writings.
Reviewer:
falcongeorge
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October 21, 2020 (edited)
Subject: Steaming pile
Subject: Steaming pile
What a steaming pile. The idea that the mob outside the school would have stood around shouting and shaking signs is laughable, they would have been spitting
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on them, kicking and punching, its part of the historical record, watch the old newsreels. The depiction of the sheriff is laughable, anyone elected sheriff in a early to mid century Southern town would have been a Klan member, again, reference the historical record. Read any one of dozens of books on the subject.
The idea that a black family would have driven down the main street of a southern town after dark is extremely unlikely, and if they had, when they got home, the local Klan would have been waiting for them.
The idea that blacks would have stood on their porches and watched the Klan roll through at night, set up a cross and light it is laughable, they would have hid, or been killed.
The idea that a young, aware, literate black teenager would have entered a basement storeroom with a white female classmate in a late fifties southern town is laughable.
And most ridiculous of all is the idea that that ANY mob with its blood up would suffer a collective attack of conscience when faced with the truth of their actions. This is a complete fairy tale, and defies human nature. Read Gustav LeBon.
A well-meaning but naive and childish attempt to put a human face on mid-century southern racism, and more relevant in this post Covid world, mob mentality. This is like a high school morality play, and bears no relationship to the real terror and violence of mid-century racism in the South. Read "The Blood of Emmitt Till" if you want to know what it was really like.
The idea that a black family would have driven down the main street of a southern town after dark is extremely unlikely, and if they had, when they got home, the local Klan would have been waiting for them.
The idea that blacks would have stood on their porches and watched the Klan roll through at night, set up a cross and light it is laughable, they would have hid, or been killed.
The idea that a young, aware, literate black teenager would have entered a basement storeroom with a white female classmate in a late fifties southern town is laughable.
And most ridiculous of all is the idea that that ANY mob with its blood up would suffer a collective attack of conscience when faced with the truth of their actions. This is a complete fairy tale, and defies human nature. Read Gustav LeBon.
A well-meaning but naive and childish attempt to put a human face on mid-century southern racism, and more relevant in this post Covid world, mob mentality. This is like a high school morality play, and bears no relationship to the real terror and violence of mid-century racism in the South. Read "The Blood of Emmitt Till" if you want to know what it was really like.
Reviewer:
Ascendes ad Inferos
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December 1, 2019
Subject: White-Guilt propaganda at it's finest
Subject: White-Guilt propaganda at it's finest
Wow, Bolshevik Hollywood really played you bleeding hearts like a fiddle. It's crap like this that has got us to where we are now. The vilification of
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the white race with lies and half truths. With the tearing down of monuments, truthspeak, newspeak, social anthropology, PC history and safe spaces the inevitable has happened. Many of us now realize men are more concerned how they breed their cattle than themselves and Equality is a Myth. A very dangerous one.
Reviewer:
Wirplit
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February 13, 2019
Subject: What a little masterpiece
Subject: What a little masterpiece
I've like Corman's films but this is something else. Right up there with To Kill a Mocking Bird and in a way being more brutal and explicit about the level
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of racism in America at the time. Its a shocking glimpse back at recent history and with telling resonances for today and yet avoids all the usual cliches. The language would never be allowed today but its how it would have been and for some probably still is. Its not sentimental but shows us graphically something about how people are influenced and their own darker motives used. Recommend everyone on this archive to see this. Its also shot with real style to make it a cinematic gem.
Reviewer:
ptthere
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May 2, 2018
Subject: A lost gem!
Subject: A lost gem!
As someone else commented, this is one of the best movies in the archive. There are many unique qualities to this film that keep things moving non-stop.
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First, the elephant in the room is the subject matter, the setting, and the time at which this film was made: Yes, it is heavy on race, use of the "N-word," but it offers subjectivity to the antagonist (Shatner) and protagonists in the film that humanize it, offering levity against Shatner's witty and insulting persona. Some of these are obvious, but more interestingly are some of the more underlying political undertones and historical perspective that are not so obvious at times, but still weigh heavy within the story-line.
I can probably say 50 other good things about this film. I am not a huge fan of William Shatner's acting styles, but for a young Shatner shown here, his screen presence is maybe one of the most believable I have seen of him. Even though he plays the role here of a womanizing, racist, bigot, and self-absorbed coward, his performance feels very legitimate and adds layers to his character in the film. You can't help but feel that his performance really serves the plot and the exact goal of the director.
And if nothing else the plot of the movie sheds light on significant points in history, especially in the southern U.S. during a time of historic changes with racial division and integration. Regardless of opinions, it does show us a period of time that is ugly, but important to remember.
I can probably say 50 other good things about this film. I am not a huge fan of William Shatner's acting styles, but for a young Shatner shown here, his screen presence is maybe one of the most believable I have seen of him. Even though he plays the role here of a womanizing, racist, bigot, and self-absorbed coward, his performance feels very legitimate and adds layers to his character in the film. You can't help but feel that his performance really serves the plot and the exact goal of the director.
And if nothing else the plot of the movie sheds light on significant points in history, especially in the southern U.S. during a time of historic changes with racial division and integration. Regardless of opinions, it does show us a period of time that is ugly, but important to remember.
Reviewer:
Hakuna Muhimu
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February 14, 2018 (edited)
Subject: Shame
Subject: Shame
Wow at first this was difficult to watch as i know that my people experienced this over, and over again. However i'm glad I was able to suck it up. William
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Shatner was great, and I enjoy, and have always enjoyed the acting of the big guy although his name escapes me. The movie also reassured me that if I had a choice between being from the oppressors; or the oppressed I would rather be from the latter. The movie was good as it had a positive ending, and let us know that not all whites was white supremacist, and racist bigots.
Hakuna
Hakuna
Reviewer:
LyLy LyNx
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June 8, 2016
Subject: Would You Like Your Coffee "Black"?
Subject: Would You Like Your Coffee "Black"?
This, poignant, intentionally, racist (anti-negro), (S.E. USA, town, setting), daring, 1962, film, starring, William Shatner, (KKK-Propagandist), is,
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succinctly, diligently, written, directed, and, brilliantly, acted, by, its, principal, actors, (especially, Shatner), ... and, in, many ways, (although, done, with, a, lower, operating budget, and, in, B & W, and, devised, from, more, of, a, White-perspective), has, just, as, effective (if, not, more, so), an, underlying-message, as, in, "The Heat Of The Night", which, was, done, later, on, staring, the negro, Sidney P.
Reviewer:
dahszil
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June 30, 2014 (edited)
Subject: Hello bestpbx
Subject: Hello bestpbx
I am in total agreement of your comment:
"They are a little heavy handed with the use of the N-word, but it was used very liberally in those days by ignorant ... people". However if we censor history it is more apt to happen again. Political correctness is fine in general public, however since it is enforced in teachers curriculums, I have seen and heard an increase in racism, and racist slurs, in the US and abroad. Teachers must have for example the original Huckleberry Finn with N word and get into the ugly history, slavery and discrimination, etc and show children and students how this is bad for the oppressed and the oppressor. Germany banned Hitler's hateful and mad Mein Kampf since the end of the second world war. In the past two or three decades there has been a significant increase by white supremacist groups attacks and killings of immigrants there. I believe if professors, teachers, and other people of good will(most germans of today are) were allowed to let students read it and then discuss it, and impress upon students and young people how awful was this Nazi era, there would not be not so much ethnic tension in Germany recently(the last decade or two)
I remember watching and reading so much news when the Berlin Wall finally fell in 1989. There was plenty of wonderful art, poetry, etc on the wall portions still standing. One that really struck me was the one piece by The Berlin Prostitutes Union. On that section of the Iron Curtain was a painting of some ladies of the night. But the text along with it was the most important:"Do Not Destroy History", In other words keep a significant section of the wall up to remind people what had happened in the past can happen again. Sadly most of the wall in Berlin has been taken down, especially around check point Charley. What really makes me angry is how American and International "entrepreneurs" throughly tore up and built over that Iconic area of the Berlin wall thus erasing it from memory. History does indeed repeat itself. But if we erase it, that ugly parts of the march of time through civilization, are more inclined to repeat quicker. And we have nothing to learn from the past to nip in the bud an impending hatefulness taking over one part of the human society against another. It is much harder to stop a wrong if you do not have history to help reverse a vicious trend. Then, Starting from square one is all you have to deal with a crisis....
dahszil
male
usa
"They are a little heavy handed with the use of the N-word, but it was used very liberally in those days by ignorant ... people". However if we censor history it is more apt to happen again. Political correctness is fine in general public, however since it is enforced in teachers curriculums, I have seen and heard an increase in racism, and racist slurs, in the US and abroad. Teachers must have for example the original Huckleberry Finn with N word and get into the ugly history, slavery and discrimination, etc and show children and students how this is bad for the oppressed and the oppressor. Germany banned Hitler's hateful and mad Mein Kampf since the end of the second world war. In the past two or three decades there has been a significant increase by white supremacist groups attacks and killings of immigrants there. I believe if professors, teachers, and other people of good will(most germans of today are) were allowed to let students read it and then discuss it, and impress upon students and young people how awful was this Nazi era, there would not be not so much ethnic tension in Germany recently(the last decade or two)
I remember watching and reading so much news when the Berlin Wall finally fell in 1989. There was plenty of wonderful art, poetry, etc on the wall portions still standing. One that really struck me was the one piece by The Berlin Prostitutes Union. On that section of the Iron Curtain was a painting of some ladies of the night. But the text along with it was the most important:"Do Not Destroy History", In other words keep a significant section of the wall up to remind people what had happened in the past can happen again. Sadly most of the wall in Berlin has been taken down, especially around check point Charley. What really makes me angry is how American and International "entrepreneurs" throughly tore up and built over that Iconic area of the Berlin wall thus erasing it from memory. History does indeed repeat itself. But if we erase it, that ugly parts of the march of time through civilization, are more inclined to repeat quicker. And we have nothing to learn from the past to nip in the bud an impending hatefulness taking over one part of the human society against another. It is much harder to stop a wrong if you do not have history to help reverse a vicious trend. Then, Starting from square one is all you have to deal with a crisis....
dahszil
male
usa
Reviewer:
ozkaz
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September 19, 2010
Subject: still relevant today
Subject: still relevant today
the speech at 25 minute into is still the rubbish being bandied around by the small minded people today.
im glad to see roger corman doing a straight ... message story, not to knock Attack of the leach women or anything. it was just a pleasant suprise:)
im glad to see roger corman doing a straight ... message story, not to knock Attack of the leach women or anything. it was just a pleasant suprise:)
Reviewer:
RM_115
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March 24, 2008
Subject: Hard hitting movie.
Subject: Hard hitting movie.
Voof! This is one hard hitting movie about the controversy surrounding civil rights in America in the 1960's. Shatner did a pretty good job in this film
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playing the heavy and it's worth the time to watch.
Reviewer:
bestpbx
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March 14, 2008
Subject: Better Than Expected
Subject: Better Than Expected
This film was far better than I expected it to be. (They are a little heavy handed with the use of the N-word, but it was used very liberally in those
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days by ignorant people.)
It is very melodramatic at times, but it does give a little glimpse of what times were like back then.
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!------
The ending is not what would have really happened back then. In the real world of the 1960's south the crowd would have had the young man hung and dead within 5 minutes. People who were on a mission of vengeance did not calm down and listen to reason then any more then than they do now.
It is very melodramatic at times, but it does give a little glimpse of what times were like back then.
SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!!------
The ending is not what would have really happened back then. In the real world of the 1960's south the crowd would have had the young man hung and dead within 5 minutes. People who were on a mission of vengeance did not calm down and listen to reason then any more then than they do now.
Reviewer:
rq52
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March 11, 2008
Subject: The Intruder
Subject: The Intruder
Intersting film about prejudice and race. William Shatner's career up to this time was mostly stage work. His first televison show was for ABC called
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"For The People". His character was a teacher in a high school. A good show,unfortunately they put against "Bonaza" and it hung in there for thirteen episodes befor being canned. He said in his autobiograohy, he snubbed any wiork that wasn't theatre work and his jobs on screen prove that until, "Star Trek.
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